When Ronald Cooper receives a letter from a man he has never met, the Reverend Macfarlane, he has no idea what to expect. Upon meeting the clergyman, Ronald discovers that he himself is the only heir to the Macdonell treasure – a hidden treasure worth forty-thousand pounds. Not only does this mean riches, but also adventure, and Ronald’s heart leaps at the chance. But then, disaster strikes, as Macfarlane’s beautiful niece Myra is captured by the evil Desmond of Oronach, with only one instruction: Do nothing, or Myra will die.

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FRACTURE LINES PERMEATE THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. Some comprise the New Madrid fault, the most dangerous earthquake zone in the world. Other fracture lines are social—— economic, religious, racial, and ethnic. What happens when they all crack at once? Caught in the disaster as cities burn and bridges tumble, young Jason Adams finds himself adrift on the Mississippi with African-American engineer Nick Ruford. A modern-day Huck and Jim, they spin helplessly down the river and into the widening faults in American society, encountering violence and hope, compassion and despair, and the primal wilderness that threatens to engulf not only them, but all they love…

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Aristide, a semi-retired computer scientist turned swordsman, is a scholar of the implied spaces, seeking meaning amid the accidents of architecture in a universe where reality itself has been sculpted and designed by superhuman machine intelligence. While exploring the pre-technological world Midgarth, one of four dozen pocket universes created within a series of vast, orbital matrioshka computer arrays, Aristide uncovers a fiendish plot threatening to set off a nightmare scenario, perhaps even bringing about the ultimate Existential Crisis: the end of civilization itself.

WEin weiteres, aber vom Charakter her ganz anderes Buch, eher „hard Scifi“. “The Rift would be a very good beach book, if you could put it down long enough to get into the water.” (he San Diego Union Tribune) (54 Rezensionen / 4,3 Sterne), 385 Seiten noch günstig?

Lancelot Jones was on his way to his first job — as tutor to an Indian Rajah’s son. But the Rajah’s ancient plane and incompetent pilot decanted him in the middle of a desert. The wrong desert at that. There, seeking shade, he finds the only dwelling of any size within miles and its curious owner, an old Englishwoman called Alva Hine. Taking him into her home, Alva begins to tell Lancelot Jones an incredible tale.

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My name is Magnus Chase. I’m orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, ‚They’re after you.‘ Next thing I know, I’m reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. Nothing normal about that. And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war.

Five-year-old Majok wakes in the middle of the night to his burning hut and flees from the soldiers torching his village in South Sudan. He gets separated from his mother and begins a ten year journey, trekking through war zones and living in refugee camps, until he receives political asylum to the US. Majok, now Michael, is given a new start in the US. Yet his new life mirrors his migrant life as he faces discrimination once again, and ultimately betrayal.

Harriet Levin Millan ist eine Poetin und Romanautorin und lehrt an einer amerikanischen Universität literarisches Schreiben. Dieses Buch beruht auf einer wahren Geschichte, ist aber literarisch verdichtet. „Milan tells his story with the grace of a poet and capture’s the beauty of the human spirit that triumphs after enduring incredible loss and hardship when he finds asylum in the United States. A great read that will open your heart to those who have been separated from their families and forced to abandon their war-torn countries. “ (Rezensentin) (47 Rezensionen / 4,7 Sterne), 312 Seiten – noch gratis?

My Calabria is served Rezepte von Annalisa Oppedisano
Die Autorin ist Italienerin und – nun ja – aus Kalabrien und bietet sehr authentische Rezepte ihrer Heimat. „I completely love this book! The recipes are superb and the portrayal of the conventions and traditions of the Calabrese method for setting them up have made an impression in my mind of how much love goes into their meal preparation. These are certainly Italian recipes and taste authentic!“ (Rezensentin) (12 Rezensionen / 4,7 Sterne) – noch gratis?